“There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased, The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured.” MenMayLyingChanceWeakAimSeedsProphecyDeceased Author:William Shakespeare
“You'd think New York people was all wise; but no, they can't get a chance to learn. Every thing's too compressed. Even the hayseeds are bailed hayseeds. But what else can you expect from a town that's shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?” PeopleThinkingWorldSidesChanceWiseNew YorkOceanTownsSeedsJerseyNew JerseyHay Author:O. Henry
“Never trample on any soul though it may be lying in the veriest mire; for that last spark of self-respect is its only hope, its only chance; the last seed of a new and better life: the voice of God that whispers to it: "You are not what you ought to be, and you are not what you can be. You are still God's child, still an immortal soul. You may rise yet. and fight a good fight yet, and be a man once more, after the likeness of God who made you, and Christ who died for you!” MenMayChildrenMadeStillsSoulSelfLastsLyingFightingVoiceChristChanceOughtDiedSeedsSelf RespectImmortalSparksBe YouBetter LifeBe A ManVoice Of GodGood FightImmortal Soul Book:The Good News of God: Easyread Large Bold Edition Source: The Good News of God: Easyread Large Bold Edition
“The Spirit of Justice is the single most important seed Piers planted; if you don't live by its teaching, your chance of salvation is nil. Unless Conscience and the Cardinal Virtues form the food that people live on, just take my word for it, they're utterly lost - every single living soul among them!” PeopleIfsImportantSoulWisdomFormSpiritPoliticsLostJusticeChanceEconomyVirtueTeachingConscienceSalvationSeedsLiberalismLive ByCardinalsPiers Author:William Langland
“Nature seems to delight in disappointing the assuduities of art, with which it would rear dulness to maturity, and to glory in the vigor and luxuriance of her chance productions. She scatters the seeds of genius to the winds, and though some may perish among the stony places of the world, and some may be choked by the thorns and brambles of early adversity, yet others will now and then strike root even in the clefts of the rock, struggle bravely up into sunshine, and spread over their sterile birthplace all the beauties of vegetation.” WorldMayArtSeemsChanceStruggleRocksWindGeniusGloryRootsAdversityProductionsDelightSpreadSeedsStrikesMaturitySunshineNow And ThenThornsDisappointingVigorVegetationBirthplace Author:Washington Irving
“If you have the chance to be exposed to a loving, understanding environment where the seed of compassion, loving kindness, can be watered every day, then you become a more loving person.” IfsPersonsUnderstandingChanceCompassionKindnessEnvironmentSeedsExposedLoving KindnessLoving Person Author:Nhat Hanh
“When you assess your own life, consider it with the eye of a gardener. Underneath the surface lies rich, fertile soil waiting to nurture the seeds you sow. Even more than you can imagine will grow there if given a chance.” IfsEyeLyingGivenGrowsWaitingChanceRichImagineSurfaceSeedsSoilNurtureGardenerFertileSowingGiven A ChanceSowing SeedsFertile Soil Author:Steve Goodier
“Everything I see about me is sowing the seeds of a revolution that is inevitable, though I shall not have the pleasure of seeing it. The lightning is so close at hand that it will strike at the first chance, and then there will be a pretty uproar. The young are fortunate, for they will see fine things.” FirstsHandsYoungChancePleasureSeeingRevolutionFineSeedsStrikesInevitableFortunateLightningSowingFine Things Author:Voltaire
“The 60th seed at Wimbledon gets a chance at Center Court. The 60th seed in the NCAA gets a chance to go to the Final Four. But the third seed [in presidential politics] is shut out.” ChanceFourThirdsCourtFinalsSeedsPresidentialWimbledonNcaa Author:Ralph Nader
“Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. The flowers which scatter their odours from time to time in the paths of life, grow up without culture from seeds scattered by chance.” CultureFoundGrowsChancePleasureGrowing UpPathFlowerSeedsUnexpectedSparksGladness Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D..: The Adventurer and Idler Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D..: The Adventurer and Idler